The effect of fluoridation and social class on caries experience in 5-year-old Newcastle children in 1994 compared with results over the previous 18 years

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-10

  Evans, D J ^a   Rugg Gunn, A J ^b   Tabari, E D ^c   Butler, T ^d  

^a Newcastle N Tyneside Hlth A   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ridley Building   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental surveys; Fluoridation; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0030097561     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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